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University of Toronto Scarborough

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Anthropology

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ANTA01H3

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Deewar

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Fall

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AnthropologyChapter12 Notes Background InfoNotesNeanderthal 600350 thousand ya dating to Pleistocene found in Europe and parts of western and central Asia200000 ya the first Homo sapiens population appeared in AfricaWithin 150000 ya descendant had spread across most of Old WorldAustralia and later to AmericaAfrican pop of Hheidelbergensis are most likely ancestors of earliest Hsapiens direct ancestors of all contemporary human skeletally genetically and most likely behaviorally fully humanUpper Paleolithic period begins in Western Europe around 40000 ya 10000 ya profound changes of human culture Approach to Understanding Modern Human Origins 2 major theories Regional Continuity Model Multi regional Replacement Model EvolutionMilford Wolpoff local pop Europe Asia andfirst evolved in Africa a